Kapilvastu Assembly Election 2017

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In all likelihood there were be multi-cornered contest for the Kapilvastu assembly seat in the upcoming 2017 assembly elections. The BJP is facing spirited fight from the BSP and SP which currently holds the seat. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP candidate from the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency, Jagdambika Pal, had secured a lead of 45112 votes over his nearest BSP rival Muhammad Muqeem in the Kapilvastu assembly segment. Mata Prasad Pandey, currently the Speaker of the UP legislative assembly and SP candidate was relegated to the third place in the Kapilvastu assembly segment.